Frank Riley: A True Independent in Every Sense of the Word
At the NIVA 2025 conference, Frank Riley was honored with the inaugural NIVA Independent Visionary Award. In conversation with longtime friend Michael Dorf, Frank reflected on four decades of artist-first advocacy—from repping the Violent Femmes since 1982 to helping shape careers for Husker Dü, The Replacements, the Indigo Girls, Emmylou Harris, and so many more. ...
James McMurtry Gives Us the Protest Album We Need
[Spin] By David Harris The songwriter’s songwriter won’t go quietly on his newest studio album, ‘The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy’ Though James McMurtry has been releasing albums consistently for three and a half decades, his tenth record, The Horses and the Hounds (2021), introduced the Texas musician to a new group of fans when it garnered positive ...
Case Oats Share New Single “In a Bungalow” Ahead of Debut Album
[Under the Radar] By Issa Nasatir Last Missouri Exit Due Out August 22 via Merge Case Oats, the Chicago-based project of Casey Gomez Walker, has shared its new single “In a Bungalow” ahead of the release of their debut album. Last Missouri Exit is due out August 22 via Merge. Check out the new single below. Case ...
Pigs x7 Embrace Negative Headspace With Their New Album, ‘Death Hilarious’
[Washington Post] The British band will perform at the 9:30 Club on Friday, June 20. The members of Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs — or Pigs x7 for short — are England’s leading purveyors of sludgy, perpetually stoned metal. The five-piece outfit march in lockstep, churning out sleazy riffs and rhythm-section rumble as ...
Lucius Normalize Being Moms in Music: ‘It Shouldn’t Be Radical’
[Rolling Stone] The duo of Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig make the best album of their career with a self-titled LP informed by family and all that goes with it By Marissa R. Moss “Here, hold him,” says Lucius’ Jess Wolfe, plopping her 6-month-old son Leo in my lap. I have never held a child during an ...
